With the latest poll in Iowa showing President Trump with a commanding 51/14 lead over Ron DeSantis, the people in control of the DeSantis operation are now lowering the bar to say a second-place finish is good enough to continue.
Team DeSantis has essentially camped out in Iowa for the past several weeks, pulling all their resources from other states as the polling for their candidate has consistently gotten worse.
The goal of reboot 4.0 was to focus heavily on Iowa and to a lesser extent New Hampshire. However, after weeks of campaigning in Iowa, the polling has only gone backward. DeSantis has lost half the support he originally carried as the Florida Governor tours the state.
(Politico) – […] “We believe it’s already a two-person race,” a top DeSantis campaign official granted anonymity to discuss strategy told POLITICO. “But the reality is, on the ballot there are other choices, and our goal is to get this down to a two-person race on the ballot, especially as we head into South Carolina and beyond into March.”
Speaking ahead of DeSantis’ weekend trip to Iowa, the official said “a strong second-place showing gives us an opportunity to go in[to] New Hampshire and show success.”
Expectations-setting is a tried and true element of every campaign, and DeSantis’ team remains bullish about his ability to make up ground. But coming four months before the first votes are cast in Iowa, the sentiments from the DeSantis campaign official reflect the yawning gap that’s emerged between the Florida governor and former President Donald Trump in both national and Iowa polls.
DeSantis’ operation has looked to Iowa as a springboard. Shortly before the first primary debate, the head of his allied super PAC, Never Back Down, privately told donors that they anticipated a win in the state. (read more)
With the increased desperation and the retreat of big donors, the DeSantis operation really needs the Bush network to step up big for the Fox Business Debate scheduled this month at the Reagan Library in California. Dana Perino has moved into position.
The Bushes, Prescotts, multinationals and professional Republicans funded by Sea Island billionaires will now start to overemphasize the “chaos Trump” narrative, in order to wear down the psyche of the base Republican voters. They really need mental fatigue to erode the Trump support, and you can see the efforts taking place in the alignment of narratives shared by the Democrats and the Republicans.
The big problem the GOPe face is that now the larger voting base have caught on to the “illusion of choice” playbook. Ordinary voters can see how the schemes are being constructed, and the support for Donald Trump continues to grow. This was evidenced in the Iowa -vs- Iowa State football game earlier today.
Crowds in the Iowa football sphere were heavily enthusiastic about President Trump, and Ron DeSantis at the same event seemed even smaller than usual. Whoever keeps coming up with these efforts to compare and contrast is really not helping DeSantis at all. The Florida Governor looks small and silly despite being supported and carried around by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds.
President Trump in Iowa firing footballs.
Iowa State#MandateFreedom pic.twitter.com/eKYudCUnTb— Sheri™ (@FFT1776) September 9, 2023
Make no mistake about it, the regime is terrified seeing this
They’re branding this man as an insurrectionist & domestic terrorist and this is what he’s greeted with in a state that voted Democrat for decades
They’re out of options. MAGA is inevitable. pic.twitter.com/FMCSEhDsAK
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) September 9, 2023
Huge crowd at the Alpha Gamma Ro Fraternity House for President @realDonaldTrump! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/gLeyZ1WpTd
— Margo Martin (@margommartin) September 9, 2023
Wow. Rough day for @RonDeSantis who is having a tailgate at the Iowa versus Iowa State football game today. Tons of people have already arrived in their Trump jerseys and Trump hats!
Doesn’t look like a Ron DeSantis has any support at the football game today where both he and… https://t.co/rxy7OPcEvp pic.twitter.com/iHwKVZ7mgB
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) September 9, 2023
Rooting for Barry Sanders when he played for the Detroit Lions was good preparation for supporting President Trump.
He won’t finish in 2nd place. He may not even finish 3rd.
DNF
now all the sorry azz NTers will try to get Youngkin to run
but I have a hunch Trump has already co-opted him and will take him as VP
yeah, disappointing to some but a good strategic move
Trump doesn’t need any of the ones running
if it will help Trump win, I’m for it
No, he will not He gave Younkin a nick name and when he does that It shows he has no use for the person he is giving the name too
Younkin may run but he will never be as apart of the Trump Admins. He has already picked his people and I am sure that none of them come
from these people or the Govs who think we cant live with out them..
Youngkin was chief financial officer for The Carlyle Group, a deep state MIC operative.
You might as well clone Dick Cheney and make him VP again
I distinctly remember the hoops and hollers in these pages when Mr Carlyle Youngkin won the governorship. As usual, we turn sour on our own within two years.
Youngkin is all hat, no cattle. Parents in Virginia still are fighting school boards over bathroom policy and pornographic books in school libraries. He’s got great PR but has improved little. Even his abortion ban was toothless, affecting less than 1% of all abortions in the commonwealth.
Two years? How about as soon as they make first “misstep” and it becomes apparent that they are not going to deliver everything, preferably right away. Can someone develop an exercise in MAGA patience, we could use some of it.
We are still not strong enough to rid ourselves of RINOs. All the state parties are controlled by RINOs. Many of us still vote for the illusion of the best of worst choices. I am never voting RINO again.
In North Carolina I am voting for President Trump and Mark Robinson for Governor. I will vote against Tom Tillis or not vote for Senator at all. I will never vote for another RINO.
I recall that it had to do with whom he beat.
Terry McAuliffe. Almost any Repulican beating him would get a cheer. But not necessarily a vote for president..
Youngkin was hand-picked by the Virginia GOPe, the swampiest of State GOPe’s. The Virginia voters were not even allowed a primary vote. He is who the Swamp wants. I voted for him over the drunken Irishman but don’t let him near the White House!
PDJT has already alluded the Youngkin is in bed with the Uniparty’s Chinese owners.
So, NO to Young KIM.
Glenn lusts for his Youngkin.
I don’t think Youngkin is so stupid that after what he has seen watching DeSantis, to wish that fate on himself. There is a possibility if Trump is forced out of the race, the GOPe may ask him to step in as the savior.
He would also lose because if Trump is forced out the GOP is a dead party.
Those Sea Island Billionaires are part of the Globalist Plan to institute the WHO plan for their worldwide “health emergency plan”.
“By using the term “public health emergency,” this radical New Mexico governor is testing out a policy straight from the United Nations World Health Organization.
The World Health Organization’s proposed pandemic treaty (some call it an accord or “instrument”), as well as the amendments to the International Health Regulations that will be up for a vote at the World Health Assembly in Geneva next May, include the exact same language. The U.S., E.U., U.N. and most nations are on board with changes that will give the decision-making power to declare a “public health emergency of international concern”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/09/anyone-who-complies-illegal-unconstitutional-edicts-like-one/
Exactly. All planned. It has to be slapped down hard.
“DeSantis has lost half the support he originally carried”
Are we sure we want him to drop out? He’s doing an excellent job contrasting Trump against the corrupt political establishment Rob belongs to. It even gives Trump a consistent foil to point and laugh at, instead of reacting to whichever candidate the media is hyping up each week.
Pence and Nikki are pretty easy to laugh at too.
Loved the last photo Sundance. I use to live in Iowa and the people are great solid people. Good for the guy who threw sand in the wheels of this pic! The lady gov is embarrassing! Cringe as the kids say.
Yeah!, and the dude in the fedora hat to the bird-flipper’s left doesn’t look too amused himself. It’s almost as-if he is covering his mouth whilst cough-coughing “bullshit” under his breath! LOL!!
The guy in the #1 jersey looks like he’s about to throw a punch at the back of Desanctimonious’ his head… sipping on my morning coffee just giggling
She looks as though she has a teen crush on him. Wonder what he’s promised her?
Iowa is not a springboard for DeSantis.
It’s a high dive into an empty pool.
It was his campaign team. They have proven to be losers. Jill Casey – his ultimate adviser – hasn’t helped.
During the Cold War there was a joke about US vs Soviet news reports.
A 2 person foot race between a U.S. runner and a USSR runner was held. The US athlete beat the USSR athlete.
The news in America said “US beats USSR.”
Pravda said “USSR athlete comes in a glorious second place in athletic competition while the terrible US athlete finishes next to last! “
Sounds a little like the MSM today.
So. They’re counting on Trump being jailed in FEDERAL “pound you in the ass” Prison.
They say that the trick is … to walk in backward like you’re walking out
I guess the Lord’s wearing glasses now …
Thanks for posting this one.
Fantastic song that almost no one has heard. Great harmonies.
Let’s keep reminding all in the GOP that we associate the Bushies with war, war, war, war, war, war WAR.
I won’t forgive Dubya.
plus the patriot act
And more funding for Planned Parenthood.
Prescott Bush was Hitler’s banker and Margaret Sanger’s treasurer.
And Prescott bragged about grave-robbing an American Indian grave to pilfer a skull and some bones for his limp fraternity.
And keeping the border porus after 9/11, when he could have shut it completely.
The Bush Doctrine is democratic imperialism. This will bleed, bankrupt and isolate this republic. This overthrows the wisdom of the Founding Fathers about what America should be all about.
Pat Buchanan— Where the Right Went Wrong
Great book by Pat. I’ve got most of his books, some autographed, Colkitto.
And “No” child left behind
By the time he actually wins 2nd place he may be in single digits, but…yeah…go ahead and celebrate.
Whatever/whoever the Bushites and the other Uni-Party (lower half) push I will not vote for them, it, LSMFT, or whatever.
You probably have no other choice on your ballot up to this point. All the state GOPe’s are controlled & run by crooks.
This next year sure will be interesting.
Last photo the man with the # 1 jersey just happens to look like he’s about to punch Ron in the back of the head.
“DeSantis’ operation has looked to Iowa as a springboard” okay, let’s run with the diving analogy. “And now Rob will perform a reverse one and a half”, says his campaign for the last month. Today, “Well he’s going to do a cannonball, and we think that’s good enough to keep him in the competition”. BTW, are the checks ready?
At the last mlinute, the cannonball was switched to a belly flop…just could not get the right amount of spring on the spring board.
More importantly, will the checks clear?😁
The last picture……
Priceless
If I were there…
that would be me.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Two man race….
one is way ahead…
then that means
the second man
is losing. Badly.
One is a winner
One is the loser.
I wonder if a
picture board
presentation
would help
DeSanctimonious.
Guess he has some
more money to go
through.
🤪🥴🥴🥴😖
😂 loved the photo bomb at the end!
The last picture is hilarious! I think a lot of folks feel the same way about DeMeatball. I know I do! Lol..
Here’s his crowd. All masked and unhealthy looking. Weird
That looks like a rally worthy of FJB. That’s too funny! Thanks for linking.
The face diapers are present. Now all Meatball needed was the white circles. 🤣
Paid “volunteers” is what those are FPCHmom.
I saw them in NH in ’92 when Pat Buchanan ran against the incumbent GHWB.
Bush had no support in NH and yet there was an event Pat where Bush had a “crowd” of harassers, seemingly very similar demographics…young college students.
So we asked them, “Are you guys volunteers?”. The reply? “No, we’re all getting paid $10/hour.”
I learned a lot helping Pat in his three runs.
Looks like young Dems uninterested in voting for senile Biden again. So Rob is their outlet.
What is that in the black dress.
A heifer?
Didn’t Cruz WIN Iowa ? And then he profusely, and awkwardly, thanked Jesus for the win … and was essentially ELIMINATED from the race.
Cruz won rigged caucuses while Trump won legit primaries.
Trump makes his entrance…
Trump is genius!
And very stable.
DeSantis has his name on his vest to help folks recognize him!
Close-ups of the people’s bored faces in the stands right behind the Gov and RDS is so embarrassing.
Bet they knew when Trump arrived. Two lucking fosers.
President Trump is always dressed as an executive. Unlike DeSantis, no grimy looking jeans ever.
It’s kinda sad at this point.
Aggies and Cyclones…my kind of match up! Aggies and Cyclones, rivals.
I have an Aggie T shirt for every day of the week and a special one for church on Sundays.
I can’t get enough of all of the great photos of him. What an amazing person.
https://twitter.com/GavinWax/status/1700670696114835726
Not sure why no picture. Here it is –
He is about to run out of money, in fact it looks like the til could be pretty empty by the end of this month!!! He may finish second in Iowa but then it looks like he could end up fourth in New Hampshire and will end up probably around fourth in South Carolina where Pres Trump will finish first and probably Haley second which should pretty much finish him off!!! 🤔
Never back down, for a given value of Never, kind of like depending on your definition of never.
God, I love the smell of schedenfrude in the morning,…it smells like,…VICTORY!
Before the pitchfork enemas, and hemp neckties, let the Prescots and Bushies feel the control slipping from their grasp, as that is probably the worst punishment for control freaks addicted to Power.
#1 looks like he wants to punch DS in the head😆
Poor Meatball Ron –
Over two hours into the auction and noone is bidding on the Meatball’s hats in his home county.
I stand corrected.
👆👆👆😂🤣😂
Ron will be lucky to get 2nd place
That is certainly not a positive statement coming from DeSantis’ committee, unless his committee is so certain that President Trump will not be on top of the ticket.
Not sure if this is real, but it is hilarious.
It’s not real… but it’s hilare!!!
Wow! PDJT at a IA St frat house – how’d the brothers pull that off!? Incredible.
Beautiful late summer day for football in the Heartland. PDJT took it all in and loved it – He is a force of nature.
RDS is starting to tarnish the image of Gov Reynolds – she should be more careful.
No no! Let her continue to expose herself as the duplicitous snake she is.
And it’s the Agriculture frat house on the Iowa State campus which might have the most renown Ag major in America.
As many have said here, “Brilliant!”
Rhonda’s vest fits like one worn by Robert Conrad in The Wild, Wild West. Except Rhonda just doesn’t style it like Jim West. Rhonda just isn’t cool.
The Wild Wild West Theme Song Intro – YouTube
Enjoy the theme music. 🙂
The saddest part is the sap is wearing clothes with his own name embroidered on them. It should be a clip on card that reads: “My Name Is Ron. If Found Please Send Home To Florida.”
They are counting on the 14th amendment gambit.
Hope dies last. Because that’s true, people ride a sinking ship far longer than when reasonable people have fled.
2nd place is good enough? Really? If 2nd place against Joe Biden is good enough as well, the Ron needs to face up to the fact that he’s a LOSER
Terrific photos / videos – So great ! Remember his 2016 visit to Iowa State Fair, I believe, and the tremendous crowds lining the pathway then … I wonder re Ron and Nikki – I thought the Fox/Murdoch / whatever crowd had moved on , reading Byron York’s ‘approved’ puff piece promo on the forging ahead Nikki and the fading Ron ?
Is there dissension among the Sea Islanders ? Or are they going to give Ron ONE more try at the debate to revive his chances and if he fails there , he is done and Nikki officially takes over as the next anti MAGA Uniparty chosen one ?
The Uniparty always has a Plan B. Always.
Maybe they wanted RDS and it didn’t work.
OR
Maybe they didn’t want RDS and everything is actually going the way they wanted it to, albeit on a miniature scale.
Regardless, they now know they are dealing with Godzilla…and he’s bigger and stronger and more united than ever before.
There’s still millions of dollars to spend.
….the people in control of the DeSantis operation
will say anything until they can collect their last paycheck before insolvency.
The final FEC filing will tell that story.
That is probably not far from the truth – if there is still money in the bank and some of it is going to you ( the advisors, etc ) why not ride the gravy train until it runs out of gravy … no reason not too …
If the goal is not to win, What is the real goal ?
see just above you ….
He can take unspent money from campaign donations and use it for other purposes.
At this point, my guess is he’s just keeping the donation bucket open to collect every last dollar possible, and also because the big money egotists who endorsed & funded him don’t want to be seen as giving up before the primaries…..
The date when he officially drops out will be called by the RNC.
I am not a yuge Twitter/X personality by any means, however, my feed is FULL of anti-Trump at the football game. Beware the Bush/McCain era CIA control of social media – I just watched the Dave Benz analysis about the historical control of the country between the Northeastern(Yankees) vs the Permian Basin(Cowboys) and I think it is very real. The govt is the Mafia on behalf of the elite.
Face it. The Meatball is totally dependent on Trump not being able to run. Keep in mind, if Trump isn’t able to run, Meatball is not able to win either because he is not going to get a majority of Trump voters after what he has done. . The other GOPe trolls are only there to make all this look legit.
De Santis had the law changed to keep himself Governor because he knows he is going to win nothing. He and the GOPe and RAT uniparty are in it to get rid of Trump and return us to a one party rule.
I hope that brave #15 doesn’t get a battering ram from the FBLie at his front door!
Trump is the MAN! Trump/MAGA 2024!
He’s correct that second place is good enough when his strategy is that Trump will be stopped before he gets the nomination and, being number two, he will naturally move up and get the nomination himself. If the voting is fair, my old dog could beat Biden.
There will be no vote from me to any of these who are standing back, waiting like vultures for a court to take out the front runner and best of them all President Trump. I read no words from them of the unfairness of it all, the unlawful act of courts, judges, attorneys, or fakes whether from the highest seat in the land to the media’s slanderous actions. My vote is my duty and my duty is to my God and I see none of them portraying anything but satan’s pleasaure.
Participation trophy Ron!
We’re just not that into you. If you are taking advice from low energy Jeb, you already lost.
OMG! Last last pic!!!!! My sentiments exactly!!!!
Notice how forced RdeS looks while Trump looks so at ease. The grownup. The born leader. Can’t fake it.. You have it or you haven’t
True, money can’t buy charisma or love.